Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-26
The New Hired Man.

man.
We'll. | declare, Zacharier, mother
hired man fore harvest! Wot'n the
name o goodness do We want o hired
man this time o yearp"
IVY, Hammer, 'pearst me oughter
know W en- need man. Look at
that brcakin i want o do on the back
forty. and there's the corn wants The
gone through the other way, an the
garden thoe-it's time them pertsters
were hilled up, an they need buggin'
most ev'ry day-an hayin' comm on
Pm goin' put up all the hay there
Is down in Won slough. Co'rs' l need
hired man Ye want'o mind. Han
ner that we'uns are farmin' it in Da-
koty now an do things sight differ
emit n we did in Penns' lvanv."
''Oh, ! recon knowed that already.
Ever since We planted them cab ges in
the wrong time o the moon last year
an didn't hev 'nough SOS We could
find 'em, l seed We was dom it differ
ent"
''Oh, don't talk nc more bout them
cab ges-a person will make mistake
onct in awhile"
Yes an some o 'em twict in
awhile, Zacharier. Did We get me that
new milk-bucket with strainer on itP"
Hammer, don't mind yer tellin' me
bout no milk bucket"
Yes, ye do, Zacharier; We mind It
Jest as well as / do. Now, | want it
right away, or yer hired man can't
come into the house,"
'Well. well, Hammer. hook up cid
Doll in the mornin an drive down an
get it'd o got it myself but I'll be
snaked eff rec lected any thing bout
It."
This pacified the good lady so much
that she went out and called her
daughter Alice. who was picking straw
berries in the garden, and directed her
to get supper ready. After she had
gone her worthy husband chuckled
little over his remarkably or iginal
scheme of forgetting to buy the milk
pail, and frowned little when he re-
membered that it would have to be
bought after all. His wife soon re-
turned and said:
well, it 'pearst' me ye got an ugly
'nough loOkin' man this time J seed
him out pumuin water"
That's it, Hammer. zactly; th&t's just
it! He is the bamest gawkiest,
greenest lookin' man I've feed for a
long time, an that's just wy hired
him. low he won he foolin' round
Alice and actin calflish,"
Ale might try it never seed
man wouldn't act catfish if he had half
or two-thrds of a chance. But reck-
= on 1t won't do him any good Alice
wouldn't hev nothin' do with as ugly
lookin man as he is. pears t me he
don't look sf he knew 'nough t pound
sand into a rat-hole."
''Oh, he all right only his looks
are agin HIM powerfully. How'd he
pear t be comm down on the pump
handle, Hanner?"
''He wa mt THROWN himself ont 1t
very hefty, Zacharier. Flow We won't
find him any very great shakes"
''Oh. I'll tend t him. He can work,
I'll bet farm. an if he won't get {
shinn" round Alice / reckon he ii be
good man. I've had t chase bout
ev'ry man I've had lately off the place
cause he got 1t into his head he was
- iDaarg
uns are very unlucky that way"
"Zacharer Alice. courages 'em,
that's wot she does; she nrts with 'em.
Wy you mind that last one we had in
the spring, we know caught her pass
in piece o pie out o the pantry
winder t. him. Yes, sir, big piece o
dried punkin pie, an he took it an
sot down on the edge o my soap ket-
tie an ct it, an she stuck her head
out o the winder an watched him"
Yes, know it, Hammer, dunn il,
know it. Ye jest watch an see how
much pie she passes out TO this cuss,
Wy. if i had his picture I'd hang it
JPN the barn to keep the hogs out"
lhey were interrupted Dy Alice an
nouncing that supper was re ady. and
all gathered in the large cool kitchen
where it was served.
"Jes' set Ight down at the end thar,
Tom, an hep yourself" said Zacha-
riah, with a wave of the hand to the
new man, He did not need second
invitation, and moved on the excellent
supper which Alice had prepared as if
he was In the habit of carrying such
things before him. He gave his undi-
vided attention TO the business in hand,
and Mr.. Daybaugh failed to detect him
in SO much as glancing at his daughter
Alice, VINO sat opposite. though to tell
the truth, an impartial observer could
not have blamed him much II he had